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June 22, 2007

Some ponder shot at Allen’s council seat

The Clarion-Ledger, 6/22/7 A Ward 1 resident who is a former city worker is considering a run for the Jackson City Council seat being vacated today by Ben Allen. “I’ll have to pray about that,” said potential candidate Bubba Weir, vice president for community services at Mississippi Technology Alliance. Real estate developer Henry Michel, brother…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 22, 2007

Lott’s Wisdom: Illegal Immigrants Are Like Goats

Truthdig, 6/21/7 When you combine a goat with an electric fence you get the solution … to illegal immigration? That’s Sen. Trent Lott’s answer to the immigration question. When discussing the immigration bill with reporters Wednesday, Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott, R-Miss., offered the astute analogy of building an electric fence for goats to keeping…